Anaconda found at East Lake Fish Camp[Florida]

Osceola News Gazette ^ | 15 Jan 2010 | Juliana A. Torres

[machogirl]

from weird az In the early 1960's, 35-40 alligators, taken from a local closed alligator farm, were set loose on the city of Mesa, Arizona. These alligators showed up in the canals, irrigation ditches, high schools and even the city pool. Rumors abound that some were released into the local lakes. The high school alumni website still discusses the alligator invasion and speculates on those responsible from among their ranks. "http://www.mhs64.com/images/stories/alligator1.gif" target="_blank"> Pictures in old newspaper article. "http://www.mhs64.com/images/stories/aligator.gif" target="_blank"> The newspaper article on the alligators. This is the location of the park where one alligator was spotted in the local pool.

[poobear]

Same here. Some of the local guides know the lake well. I forget which tournament was there last. Big turnout though.

Bring your shotgun for Anaconda’s and your .45 for the gators. Oh yeah, and don’t forget to SSS.

[libh8er]

[Sax]

I don’t know at what temp they go belly up, but you certainly do see more big snakes during the winter. When the sun comes up and heats up the sandy paths or dirt roads, the snakes will stretch out to warm up and catch some rays. Makes them obvious to spot, and they’re awfully sluggish.

[SLB]

Bush and Cheney - at it again.

[mikeus_maximus]

I’m sure glad that rattlesnakes don’t get that big!

As a biology major at USF I heard some stories about Eastern Diamondbacks from the herpetology professor. I pesonally saw a monster example at the Sand Diego Zoo- not that big, but big enough!

[Vinnie]

Yikes!! I’ve seen a few 5-6 footers be that!!

[finish9]

In my younger years I would wade fish that lake and caught some very large bass. Never gave a thought about gators nor snakes, back then.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Bring your shotgun for Anaconda’s and your .45 for the gators."

There's now a "one size fits all" remedy in the guise of the Taurus Judge...

[poobear]

What size arm to you need for the recoil? I’d like to have for a conversation piece.

[Joe 6-pack]

It's not an unpleasant weapon to fire...It fires the same .45 Colt round as the 1873 Single Action Army, and the .410 shells aren't especially bad. Here it is in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ORlYmHtx78

[poobear]

Very cool. Looks like you can hit anything at 10/20 feet with the #4. Great for Anaconda fishing!

Might need earplugs though.

[goseminoles]

Talk about a short barrel shotgun. Would be fun to have to ping cans with the .410. Little too heavy to carry concealed to use it as .45.

Good little snake gun or for small vermin <20 feet.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Looks like I gotta get me a bigger boat and bigger guns!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The rattler was about 7 feet, the way it is being held makes it look a lot bigger. That apt. complex is about 4 miles East of me. It's adjacent to the outlet mall just East of I-95 and Sr.16. It's a shame the guy killed it, the gator farm would have taken it. I suspect he was scared witless and afraid to take it alive. With the right gear it isn't hard to do.

In the old days there were 8 footers around, usually big females. When I was a kid there were 6 footers all over the place, most I see now are smaller.